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Deception and appalling greed in male (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legerdemain

'deception' is the definition.
(I know that deception can be written as legerdemain)

'appalling greed in male' is the wordplay.
'appalling' indicates anagramming the letters (an appalling spelling).
'greed'+'in'+'male'='greedinmale'
'greedinmale' with letters rearranged gives 'LEGERDEMAIN'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for legerdemain that I've seen before include "Find the lady will require this skill" , "sleight-of-hand" , "Magician's skill" , "Sleight of hand" , "leads to deception" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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